Kansas Establishes Three Member Industrial Court
Kansas creates a three member industrial relations court with broad powers to end strikes in essential industries. The body can investigate wages and living conditions, regulate disputes, and operate state industries in emergencies, with penalties up to 1000 dollars for workers and 5000 for officers or organizations.
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Associated Press
Topeka
Kans
Kansas
H. J. Allen
House
Senate
Frank P. Walsh
Federal Industrial Relations Commission
Public Utilities Commission
Supreme Court
Wilson to call next Cabinet meeting amid illness
Secretary Lansing announced there would be no more regular sessions of the President's official family for the present. The cabinet had met weekly during Wilson's illness and increased during the coal strike, but no meeting occurred yesterday or tomorrow. Secretary Tumulty praised the President's improving condition.
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Associated Press
Washington
Wilson
Lansing
Tumulty
Mr. Wilson
Women Voters Abandon Move to Form a Separate Party
Chicago February 18. League of Women Voters leaders say women should align with existing parties. They urge joining Republican or Democratic groups and oppose forming a new second party of women.
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Associated Press
Chicago
League Women Voters
Republican and Democratics
Eee
Sion
Free government tested seeds offered at local store
The News announces free garden seeds for neighbors and subscribers. Mr McKeown arranged shipment of seeds, and the paper urges readers to come in and pick up a package for trial.
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McKeown
Supreme Council Replies to Wilson on Adriatic Note
The allied supreme council's reply to President Wilson's Adriatic note has been ceded to Washington via the American embassy. The council plans to decide on public release, with a possible summary for the press, and to avoid reopening the Adriatic issue.
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Supreme Council
Wilson
Associated Press
London
Supreme Allied Council
Washington
Allied Supreme Council
Adriatic
State Department
Davis
Meredith's Rise From Farm Boy to Agriculture Secretary Nominee
Edwin T. Meredith grew up near Atlantic Iowa raising a runt pig at age 13 and later built The Farmers Tribune into Successful Farming. He moved to Des Moines for college then owned the publication and expanded with other magazines. A Democrat, he led federal service during WWI and later chaired advertising and labor groups.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Edwin T. Meredith
Wilson
Meredith
Atlantic
Iowa
Maine
Young Meredith
Thomas Meredith
Highland Park College
Farmers’ Tribune
Successful Farming
W. L. Harding
United States Labor Commission
Europe
Federal Reserve Bank
Chicago
Associated Advertising Clubs of the World
Wilson Not Fit to Hold Office Says Scientist
Chicago February 17 President Wilson should retire due to illness say physicians. Dr. Arthur Dean Bevan former AMA president and Bush Medical College professor explains the stroke caused permanent brain arteriy disease risking further attack and warning that he should not resume strenuous duties.
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Chicago
Wilson
Arthur Dean Bevan
The
American Medical Association
Bush Medical College
Bevan
Man Fined for Whipping Wife in Justice Court
Rance Jones paid a $35.50 fine in Justice Brown's court after a charge of assault and battery stemming from whipping his wife, Mrs. Pearl Jones, on Main Street last week.
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Rance Jones
Justice Brown
Pearl Jones
Main Street
Epidemic Rages in Vienna Sickening City Death Toll Rises
Vienna reports 40 000 influenza cases with a high death rate. Among the victims is Dr Earnest Wer thein, a renowned world famous specialist and surgeon.
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Associated Press
Vienna
Earnest Werthein
Hamon Elected National Committeeman by Oklahoma GOP
Oklahoma City February 11 Jake L Hamon was elected national committeeman for Oklahoma by a 5654 to 284 vote at the Republican state convention Delegates at large were chosen and Mrs Abbie Hillerman of Tulsa and J W Morris of Snyder were named presidential electors Harris of Wagoner was elected state central committee chairman and Appleby of Oklahoma City secretary The convention opposed a special legislative session except for the woman suffrage amendment and criticized Governor Robertson policy The Hamon forces controlled the convention with Dyche campaign manager and Whiting retiring chairman
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Oklahoma City
Jake L. Hamon
Oklahoma
John Embry
Hamon
Abbie Hillerman
Tulsa
J. W. Morris
Snyder
Snyder. Mrs. Hillerman
James A. Harris
Wagoner
New State Central Committee
John D. Appleby
Bird S. McGuire
J. E. Dyche
Henry Asp
W. H. Hills
Enid
J. H. Dillon
Geary
Jake Hamon
B. S. McGuire
Harry Gilstrap
Chandler
C. W. Miller
el Reno
London
General Wood
E. B. Rhodes
Delaware County
McGuire
L. G. Highsmith
Latimer County
Dick T. Morgan
J. W. Harreld
Harris
State Committee
Pontotoc County Livestock Sale Draws Wide Attendance
Promoters hail the Pontotoc County Breeders Association sale in Ada as a pronounced success. Visitors from Ardmore Norman Purcell Eufaula and Muskogee attend to bid on Herefords Short Horns Black Polls and Aberdeens as the auction opens at 1 pm.
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Pontotoc County
Breeders’ Association
Ada
Gregg
Ardmore
Norman
Purcell
Eufaula
Muskogee
Canada Seeks Full Membership in League of Nations
Ottawa reports Canada has informed Great Britain it will object to any change that bars its full member status and voting rights in the League of Nations. After a cabinet meeting, protests were sent to imperial authorities against accepting the Learoot reservation to the peace treaty under consideration by the United States Senate.
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Ottawa
Canada
Great Britain
League of Nations
United States Senate
Railroad Men Make Reply to Wilson Wage Decision
Washington reported the railroad brotherhoods sent a telegram to locals after President Wilson’s wage decision. B F Jewell of the AF of L railway department said the move would steady workers until full correspondence arrives. Officials indicated Wilson refused a general wage increase, but the decision was accepted for now.
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Washington
Wilson
B. F. Jewell
Railway Department
American Federation of Labor
Payne Selected as Interior Secretary for Lane’s Replacement
President Wilson names John Barton Payne of Illinois to succeed Franklin K. Lane as secretary of the interior. Payne, current chairman of the United States Shipping Board, announced from Washington on February 12.
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Payne
Lane
Washington
John Barton Payne
Illinois
Wilson
Interior
Franklin K. Lane
United State Shipping Board
Americans Married to German Girls Ordered Home
In Coblenz 250 American soldiers married to European women have been ordered to return to the United States with their wives. About 200 of the couples married German girls since the Rhine advance. the rest wed French, Belgian, or Luxembourg women.
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Associated Press
Coblen
Germany
America
Henry P. Allen
Rhine
Belgium
Luxembourg
Denmark Wins Plebiscite Vote In Schleswil Result
Copenhagen dispatch reports the latest plebiscite totals showing Denmark with 72 733 votes and Germany with 24 973 in Schleswil. Only a few districts remain unreported.
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Copenhagen
Schleswil
Denmark
Germany
Woman Camped At Courthouse To Get Action
Mrs Annie Parks camped in the district court room in Ada to force service of a warrant for Joe Evans on a slander charge. Evans allegedly fled home after Parks’ attempt to arrest him with an axe reportedly used to drive her away. Parks vowed to stay until the warrant is served.
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Sherriff
Annie Parks
Evans
Political education of all women voters takes center stage
In Chicago the National American Woman Suffrage Association ends its fifty first convention and plans to hand off its work to an independent non partisan organization to succeed the national league of women voters. A league meeting to decide on the executive council’s program and the delegates consent faces discussion.
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Chicago
National American Woman Suffrage Association
National League of Women Voters
League
Uncle Sam Seeks Poker Winnings for 1919 Taxes
A 1919 tax notice reminds poker players that gambling winnings are taxable. Profits from illegal play are taxable. illegal losses are not deductible. The advisory targets penny ante players with accounts on the legal side of the ledger.
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Sam
McAdoo Refuses To Seek Nomination In Primary Ballots
Wm G McAdoo declares he will not permit his name on presidential primary ballots in various states and urges uninstructed delegates to the Democratic national convention He hopes the next convention becomes a democratic conference where action is free and motives of service guide decisions He says he is not seeking the nomination and dislikes creating the appearance of a candidate in a letter to Milledgeville Georgia mayor Miller S Bells reacting to friends placing his name on a preferential ticket
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Associated Press
New York
Wm. G. McAdoo
Popolo Romano critiques Wilson policy amid Adriatic dispute
In Rome the Popolo Romano argues America faces a crisis of overproduction and needs European markets. It urges U S Senators Lodge Sherman and Knox to rally the Senate against Wilsons European meddling and criticizes Secretary Lansing for his Paris role, claiming he served the Versailles stage manager. It alleges Lansing White and Bliss were marionettes and says House negotiated for Wilson, while Lansing backed an international tribunal and opposed the league of nations.
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Rome
America
Europe
Populo Romano
Wilson
U. S
Lodge
Sherman
Knox
Senate
Lansing
Paris
Henry White
Gen. Bliss
Theatre of Versailles
Col. House
League of Nations
Shall Relatives Put Marks at the Graves of the Soldier Dead
London reports debate over whether families may place individual memorials on war graves in France or continue with the uniform wooden crosses. Lord Robert Cecil advocates memorial rights while many bereaved oppose, praising the current dignified uniformity as preserving collective memory. An American father praises the cemeteries' quiet simplicity and warns that personal markers would erode the moving contrast.
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London
France
England
Robert Cecil
Floyd to address teachers Friday in Oklahoma City
Prof A Floyd Pontotoc county superintendent receives notice to speak at the Oklahoma Education Association meeting in Oklahoma City next Friday. He will discuss The Salary Problem as Related to the Supply and Demand of Teachers and is noted for his organizing ability among county superintendents statewide.
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A. Floyd
Pontotoc County
Oklahoma Education Association
Oklahoma City
Floyd
James McCarthy Arrested on Vagrancy and Burglary Suspicion
James McCarthy of Ada was arrested by Sheriff Duncan on a vagrancy charge and suspected of ties to a Southeast Oklahoma burglary ring. A Hugo police chief letter said two crooks in Hugo jail received 80 dollars from McCarthy, who hinted his friends fled town to avoid being pinched for handling razors. He will be held for investigation.
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James McCarthy
Duncan
Oklahoma
Hugo
Ada
McCarthy
Lowery
Oklahoma Delegates Named This Week To National Convention
Oklahoma Republican delegates will be named this week, with the third district convention and two others scheduled for today. Delegates from all three districts will be completed as the fifth district convention is held in Oklahoma City.
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Associated Press
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Earl of Reading Declines Washington Ambassadorship
Lloyd George offered the Washington ambassadorship to the Earl of Reading, former envoy there, but Reading declined the appointment according to the Pall Mall Gazette.
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Earl of Reading
Associated Press
London
Lloyd George
Washington
Pall Mall Gazette
Americanism and the Puritan Heritage of Freedom
The piece extols timeless Americanism from Puritan origins to postwar strength. It lauds gratitude for liberty and justice, cites battles at Lexington, Sumpter, Santiago, and Chateau Thierry, and warns against unrest while celebrating national unity and growth.
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Lexington and Sumpter
Santiago
Chateau Thierry
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